Ohio Administrative Code
Title 3342 - Kent State University
Chapter 3342-4 - University Policies
Section 3342-4-02.6 - Administrative policy on mandatory immunization/screening of students
Universal Citation: OH Admin Code 3342-4-02.6
Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A) Purpose: This policy is established as a health and safety practice for the entire university community. Immunization of students will mitigate the risk of communicable disease outbreaks that can jeopardize the university community's health and well-being. University health services (DeWeese health center) is responsible for enforcing this rule.
(B) Definitions:
(1) Student. For the purposes of
this policy, "student" is defined as any person who is enrolled for one or more
credit hours at the university and who is attending classes at the Kent
campus.
(2) International student.
For the purposes of this policy, "international student" is defined as any
person who is not a U.S. citizen, a permanent resident, or part of the Jay
Treaty, who is enrolled for one or more credit hours at the university, and is
attending classes at the Kent campus.
(C) Requirements:
(1) Measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR)
immunization:
(a) All students enrolling for
classes at the Kent campus, and born on or after January 1, 1957, are required
to provide documentation of immunity against measles, mumps, and
rubella.
(b) Students are required
to submit documentation of measles, mumps and rubella immunity from a licensed
health care provider to university health services (DeWeese health center) by Friday of the first week of
the student's first semester of enrollment.
(2) Tuberculosis screening:
(a) All international students from countries
having a high prevalence of tuberculosis, as designated by the world health
organization, are required to provide documentation of freedom from
tuberculosis.
(b) Documentation of
freedom from tuberculosis, as determined by skin test or blood test within
twelve months prior to the first day of classes, must be submitted to
university health services (DeWeese health
center) by Friday of the first week of the student's first semester of
enrollment.
(3) Policy
exemptions:
(a) Any student that is enrolled
only for online classes, or enrolled only for classes at a regional Kent state
university campus, or a site other than the Kent campus, or attending workshops
that meet for two weeks or less in duration is exempt from the MMR immunity and
tuberculosis screening requirements.
(b) Medical exemption from the MMR
requirement may be is granted upon submission to university health services
(DeWeese health center) of a licensed physician's
statement that the student has a valid contraindication to MMR
vaccine.
(c) Religious exemption
from the MMR requirement may be granted if a student aged eighteen or older (or
parent/guardian if student is under eighteen years of age), submits a signed
religious exemption form to university health services (DeWeese health center)..
(D) Violation:
(1) Students who do not submit documentation
of the required immunizations and tuberculosis screening by Friday of the first
week of the student's first semester of enrollment, may be deregistered from
classes for the remainder of that semester.
(2) In the event of an outbreak, as defined
by the Ohio department of health, students who have not submitted documentation
of immunity to measles, mumps and rubella may be excluded from campus as
required by city or state public health authorities.
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